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To: Trey McAtee who wrote (8609)	12/28/1997 9:34:00 PM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

Trey: Here is interesting figure on HFC. Cable actually passes 90 million homes in the US today with 60 million subscribers. 1/3 of the homes passed don't even use cable for TV programming. 30 Million lines sit and wait for HFC upgrades that won't even generate revenue. When a cable provider upgrades a neighborhood 33% of the home aren't going generate revenue for basic cable-TV programming, not to mention cable modems. So when we are talking about the percentage of HFC, we really need to go off the 90 million lines passed. For 10% coverage, cable needs 9 million lines passed by HFC. For 15% coverage HFC needs 14 million lines passed... until later.